Sunday, April 22, 2012

Strawberry Swirl Dessert

I love strawberries...

If you are looking for a healthy & oh so fabulous spring/summer dessert this one is perfect. This is a Skinny Taste recipe {again}, and my contribution to the BBQ my friend Kelli had. You can find the Skinny Taste directions {here}. This makes 6 servings and each servings has 182 calories. Mine probably had 10 or so more calories, because I used Lite Cool Whip instead of Free Cool Whip.

Ingredients:

1.5 lbs strawberries, hulled and cut in half

1/3 cup agave nectar {you could use sugar as a substitute}

Salt {just a pinch}

Lemon Zest {1/2 tsp}

Lemon Juice {1 1/2 tsp lemon juice}

16 oz Lite Cool Whip

12 oz Vanilla Greek Yogurt {I used Chobani}

Place your sliced strawberries in a medium size bowl.

Add the agave...

Using a potato masher to mash up half of the strawberries.

Bring strawberries, and agave to a boil. Bubbles will form on the outer edges. Scrape foam from the top of the strawberries.

Add lemon zest and lemon juice to the strawberries. Allow to boil for 5 minutes.

Scrape off all the foam you can. Pour the strawberries into another bowl, and allow to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Grab the remaining ingredients:

Fold the cool whip & yogurt together.

This part I found semi-challenging. Gently fold the strawberry mixture into the cool whip. You are wanting for the strawberries to look swirled in. Mine looked just mixed in, but it still tasted yummy! :) Place in super cute dessert cups {mine are from Ross}. The direction did not say to refrigerate or freeze. I thought the texture was prefect after I froze the dessert, and then let them sit out for 15 minutes before serving.